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About half of Americans, 47%, now have an unfavorable image of the Tea Party movement, the highest since it emerged on the national scene
Economic conservatism has never been popular in the United States, and the right wing electoral coalition has always been most successful using social issues as a Trojan Horse for the really nasty Victorian economic agenda. Now that the Paul Ryan budget has clarified what these people are actually for, it’s no surprise the public is turning on them.
May 24, 2013 By Jon Geeting Leave a Comment
Hooray! Bethlehem Council’s progressive majority will now have real governing power. It might be a good strategy to elect Willie Reynolds as Council President, since he was the progressive standard bearer in the Mayor race, and insofar as someone will be the face of Council opposite the Mayor, the symbolism would be fairly potent. Painting [...]
May 22, 2013 By Jon Geeting Leave a Comment
In this era of tight budgets, cities are looking for ways to grow their tax bases without asking individual households to contribute more taxes. Here’s the first place they should look. Different kinds of buildings yield different amounts of property tax revenue per acre. Many areas limit residential development to just one house per acre. [...]
May 22, 2013 By Jon Geeting Leave a Comment
In this era of tight budgets, cities are looking for ways to grow their tax bases without asking individual households to contribute more taxes. Here’s the first place they should look. Different kinds of buildings yield different amounts of property tax revenue per acre. Many areas limit residential development to just one house per acre. [...]
May 13, 2013 By Jon Geeting 1 Comment
The point of political blogging is not that you’ll directly reach so many voters that you’ll shape opinions about elections. The point is that for every couple dozen low-information voters, there’s a *political friend* who people ask who to vote for the week before an election. The point of blogging is to shape the opinions [...]
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Jon, you're absolutely right, the Tea Party is fringe. Just like the Obama/Reid/Pelosi/Waxman group is fringe as well.
Neither group represents the vast majority of Americans.
I gues most Americans support wealth transfer, general eroding of constitutional rights, and ever expanding governmental meddling in the details of thier life.
Anon 803, the erosion of rights is coming from the Progressive Liberal Elites at jsut as rapid a rate as the Extreme Right.
Just read this blog for all the evidence you need.
Both camps don't want the unwashed masses thinking for themselves.
Isn't this the seventh or eighth time the tea party movement has been "over?" Keep watching….we are.